Hip Hop started off a long time ago in america it originally came from reggae music . Hip hop music is an American musical genre that developed as part of **hip hop** culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping, singing.
FIRST HIP HOP DJ
CLIVE"KOOL HERC"CAMPBELL BORN IN JAMAICA THEN MIGRATED TO THE BRONX, IT WAS IN JAMAICA WHERE HERC LEARNED ABOUT THE DJ CULTURE "TOAST"(where they would compete to see who's system was the loudest)AND APPLIED IT IN NYC. HERC PIONEERED THE BREAK BEAT MOVEMENT BY MIXING SHORT PERCUSSION BREAKS WITH 2 TURNTABLES TO EXTEND THE BREAKS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE BBOYS TO GET DOWN.
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THE NAME HIP HOP
WAS FIRST USED AS THE NAME OF OUR CULTURE BY AFRICA BAMBATTA BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S.... BEFORE THAT THE WORD HIP HOP WAS A PHRASE THAT MC'S SAID ON THE MIC.
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FIRST DJ TO SCRATCH
DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE I 1975 AT AGE THIRTEEN
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FIRST DJ TO BACK SPIN AND NEEDLE DROP
DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE
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THE BEST SOUND SYSTEM
KOOL HERC WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAN WITH THE STRONGEST AND LOUDEST SYSTEM IN HIP HOP...HIS AMP WAS A MACINTOSH THE MOST POWERFUL AMP OF THAT TIME... HIS SPEAKERS WERE SO LOUD HE CALLED THEM THE HERCULOIDS
BORN IN JAMAICA THEN MIGRATED TO THE BRONX, IT WAS IN JAMAICA WHERE HERC LEARNED ABOUT THE DJ CULTURE "TOAST"(where they would compete to see who's system was the loudest)AND APPLIED IT IN NYC.
HERC PIONEERED THE BREAK BEAT MOVEMENT BY MIXING SHORT PERCUSSION BREAKS WITH 2 TURNTABLES TO EXTEND THE BREAKS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE BBOYS TO GET DOWN.
BEFORE THAT THE WORD HIP HOP WAS A PHRASE THAT MC'S SAID ON THE MIC.
HIS SPEAKERS WERE SO LOUD HE CALLED THEM THE HERCULOIDS